Improvements flower-stands



H. B. ADAMS.

FLOWERS'I'AND.

Patented Oct. 3, 1876.

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UNITED Silrns HENRY n. i ADAMS, on 'rAnrs lnnriiorsg;

IMPROVEMENT I N FLOWER-STANDS.

PATENT QFFICEB Specification formingpart of Letters Patent No. 1823787.,dated October 3, 1876; application filed December 27, 1875. l g Y To allwhom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY B. ADAMS, of Paris, in the county of Edgar,and State of Illinois, have invented a new and useful Improvement in aFlower or Goods Stand, which may be known as the Centennial FoldingFlower-Stand, which improvement is fully set forth in the followingspecification, reference being had to the accompanying drawlogs.

The object of my invention is to produce a stand which can be folded oradjusted to please the taste or economize the room of the person usingthe same.

For a more complete elucidation of my invention, reference will be hadto Figure 1 of the accompanying drawings,which represents the rear partof stand when folded into a quarter circle. This quarter circleisformedby unfolding wing B underfoldingleavesEand F of sections Y and Z, wing Bcarrying with it folding leaves G and H of sections Y and Z, showingwing G when folded upon the right under folding leaves M and N ofsections Y and Z, and around folding leaves K and L of sections Y and Z.

Wing O is composed of two parts, a and b, as shown by Fig. 1. Section Bof wing O is connected with wing A by a pair of hinges also, withsection a of wing (J by another pair of hinges, thereby giving wing Othe benefit of two pairs of hinges, and making it a double folding wing,which, in folding, describes onehalf of a circle, folding around wing Dand folding leaves K and L of sections Y and Z, and under folding leavesM and N of sections Y and Z.

Fig. 1 represents folding leaves G and H of sections Y and Z, andfolding leaves M and N of sections Y and Z also, wing 0 while at rest.The stand, when in this position, can be placed in the corner of a room.

Fig. 2 represents rear parts of stand when folded into a half circle.This half circle is formed by unfolding, in connection with the quartercircle above described, wings O and Dunder folding leaves M and N ofsections Y and Z one-quarter of a circle to the right Wing D, carryingwith it folding leaves K and L of sections Y and Z. Fig. 2 representsfolding leaves G, H, K, and L; also, wing 0, still unemployed. The standin this position can folding leaves G and H of sections Y and Z,

leai ing folding leaves K and L of sections Y and Z still unemployed.The stand in this position can be placed against the corner of abuilding, if desired.

Fig. 4 represents the stand when composing a complete circle. Thiscircle is formed, in connection with the three-quarter circle abovedescribed, by placing folding leaves K and L over wing O. Wing ,O isthen made stationary by hook V, as shown in Fig. 5. The fastening ofthis hook renders it impossible for any of the folding leaves to drop,or allow any of the wings to move from their position. Hook V isfastened to folding leaf H of section Z, and hooks into a screw-eye, W,which is screwed into wing G.

Fig. 5 represents a general base-end view of astand when infull positionand lying upon its side, showing hinges, hook, feet, 860- I Wing A isstationary. To wing A are attached wings B, O, and D, by means ofhinges, wing 0 being composed of two parts, a and b, as aforesaid, thusallowing wing (J to describe a semicircle, as above specified, wings Band D describing quarter circles upon their respective hinges from thestationary wing A 5 also, two semicircles of the sections Y and Z aremade fast to wing A by means of screws through stationary leaves P and Qof sections Y and Z, as shown in Fig. 5. Attached to said stationaryleaves P and Q are folding leaves E, F, M, and N of sections Y and Z, bymeans of their respective hinges. Said stationary leaves 1? and Q are tobe long enough upon the left to allow folding leaves E and F of sectionsY and Z to fall upon the.

outside of wing B, and its folding leaves G and H of sections Y and Z,which are attached to said wing B by means of hinges. Said stationaryleaves P and Q of sections Y and Z are to be made long enough upon theright to permit folding leaves M and N of sections Y and Z to; fall uponthe outside ofwing D, which carries with it folding leaves K and L ofsections Y and Z, which are at: tached to said wing D by means of theirrespective hinges; also win g0, which foldsupofi the outside of thefolding-leav and L of sections Y and Z aforesaid; also wing 'D, asaforesaid. Sectiolf'X is composed of two semicirclesjs and T, as shownin Figs. 1, 2, Said semicircles S and T are'to be connected with eachother by means of a pair of hinges. One of said semicircles shall bemade fast to stationary wing A in such a manner as to allow said sectionX, when unfolded, to be exactly in the center of stand when unfolded.This stand, when folded as above described, is ready for shipment orstoring away.

It will be evident from the foregoing specistandr This stand may be usedin the merjn maifi y other capacities. One of its principal uses wouldbe for the display of flowers particularly adapted to bay windows, 850.The number of sections or shelves may be increased to suit the pleasureor convenience of the person using the same.

I claim as my invention The combination, in a flower-stand, of thefolding vertical Wings A B G D, with the circular folding leaves in anynumber of sections, substantially as described, and for the purposes setforth.

HENRY B. ADAMS. Witnesses:

A. Y. TROGDON,

fication, that this stand can be used as a quar- N. MEANS.

ter, semi three-quarter or/acoinplete circular I cantile pushes s forthe display of goods, or

in a floral hall or in private residences, being

